IDF releases names of four more soldiers killed in southern Lebanon since Friday
In total, five soldiers were killed. Three of the soldiers were part of the four killed on Friday in Hezbollah attack, third one killed in separate incident during operation near the village of Tebnit
The IDF has the released the name of three more soldiers killed in a Hezbollah attack in southern Lebanon from several days ago. The first to be announced was Staff Sergeant Yoav Klein from Herzliya, who was 21 years old. The second was Staff Sergeant Liav Kababia, from Hod Hasharon, who was 20 years old. Then, on Sunday morning, they released the name of 20-year-old Staff Sergeant Nave Habshoosh from Geva Binyamin.
Klein, Kababia, and Habshoosh were killed alongside Lieutenant Colonel Dor Gedalia Ben Simhon and one more unnamed soldier last week. A suspicious explosive target hit their tank in the area of the village of Tebnit. The IDF said the circumstances of the incident remain under investigation.
In a separate incident, the name of Sergeant First Class Nir Ben Ari, 21, from Kerem Maharal, who served as a fighter in the Maglan commando unit, was killed overnight also in the village of Tebnit in southern Lebanon. Ben Ari and his unit were hit with Hezbollah rocket fire and explosive drones.
He was expected to begin his discharge leave at the end of the month, and his 22nd birthday was in nine days. Thirteen other soldiers were wounded in the incident, two seriously.